Door holder



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Patented Nov. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES MIKE n. an mia-e1 KIMBERLY, Wisconsin.

-- noon HOLDER.

Application filed J'anua'ryfifl, 1926. Serial No. 82,505.

an open position'rin order that the vehicle.

may be driven into thegarage or out of the same without coming incontact with the door which is usually the case when no means isprovided for maintaining thedoor in an entirely open position. i

The primary object of: the present invention is to provide such a holderthat it is of relatively simple construction that may be applied to allhorizontally swinging doors in a simple and inexpensive manner. i

A further object is to provide means with in easy reach for releasingthe door in ordelthat it in be moved to closed position.

d Other ohjects will become apparent as the nature of the invention willb'e-better understood by reference to the accompanying drawing andfollowing specification;

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout both of the views:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary horizontal section taken through a garageequipped with a horizontally swinging door provided with a holderconstructed in accordance with the present invention, the door beingshown in open position, and

Figure 2 is a fragmentary front elevation of the garage, also showingthe door in open position and maintained in such position through themedium of my improved invention which is disclosed in edge elevation.

Now having particular reference to the drawing, 5 indicatesfragnientarily a garage or other building that is provided with ahorizontally swinging door 6. I

My invention constitutes the provision of an angle bracket 7 that isadapted to be 'secured to the inner side of the door '6 adja cent itsupper edge, and to the horizontal portion of which is pivotallyconnectedas at 8, a relatively elongated arm 9 that is provided throughoutpractically its entire length with a slot 10, through which is adaptedto extend a pin 11 which-depends from the top of the door casingslightly within the door opening thereof. The pin 11 is formedintermediate its end with an opening for receiving a locking cotter pin12 for obviously preventing the disengagement of the arm 9 with'respectthereto.

My door holder further constitutes the Y provision of a relativelyelongated lever'13 formed at its inner. edge and intermediate its endswith an car 14 that 1s pivot-ally secured to the under side of the arm9adja 'cent the outer edge thereof as more clearly shown in Figure 1.Pivotally attached to said lever adjacent itsvforward end is a bolt ll:that extends inwardly toward the arm 9' and is normally engaged over theslot 10" of said arm. the same being slidably guided through medium ofabracket 16 secured to the under side of'the arm directly in back ofthe-forward end of said slot 10.

The bolt 14, the free edge of which a is beveled as shown, is normallymaintained 111 3 1308111011 across the slot 10 throughmediumOfZLjTQtTZlClill6 coil spring 17, interconnecting the lever 18 and ends.

f It will thus be seen that when the door 6 isin closed position, thepin 11 will be positioned through the slot 10 adjacent the pivotal endof the arm 9. When "the door 6 is movedto openposition, the arm 9 willbe pulled outwardly by the door and slide-upon the pin 11'. Such actionwill cause the pin to pass beyond the bolt 14 and preventvthe closing ofthe door by reason of the fact that said pin 11 will engage theunbeveled edge of the bolt in an obvious manner.-

In order that the door may be closed, there is secured to the inner endof the lever 13, a cord 18 that extends laterally therefrom and isguided through "the eye of an eye bolt 19 upon the inner side of thedoor 6 and then extends downwardly in order that a pull upon the samewill swing the lever upon the pivotrfor retracting the bolt 14 in theguide bracket 16 for obviously moving the same away from the slot 10,allowing the arm 9 to be moved inwardly upon the pin 11.

Said bolt and lever will be returned to their normal positionyas shownin Figure ,1 through provision of the spring 17.

Itwill be obvious that I-have provided a highly novel, simple, andefficient form of door holder for maintaining the swinging door initsopen position to permit the entrance or exit of vel'iicles withrespect to the building with which said door is associated.

Minor changes may be made in the invention without departing from thespirit and scope of the appended claims.

arm 10 at their forward Having thus described the invention,

, by Letters Patent is:.

1. In a door holder of the class described, a slotted arm pivotallysecured at one end to the inner side of a swinging door adjacent theupper edge thereof, a pin projecting downwardly from the top of the dooreasing into the door opening, said pin being operable within said slot,a lever pivoted intermediate its end to the intermediate portion'of saidarm, a bolt mounted on the for ward end of said lever and extendingacross the forward end portion of said arm and adapted toengage said pinfor securing the arm against sliding movement whereby the door is heldin an open position, and means for actuating the lever to release thesliding bolt from engagement with said pin whereby the arm may be freeto slide along the pin to permit the door to be closed.

9.1m a door holder of the class described, a slotted arm pivotallysecured at one end to the inner side of a swinging door adjacent theupper edge thereof, a pin projecting downwardly from the top of thedoor'casing into the door opening, said pin being operable within saidslot, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends to the intermediate portionof said arm, a bolt mounted on the forward end of said lever andextending across the forward end portion of said arm and adapted toengage said pin for securing the arm against sliding movement wherebythe door 18 held in an open position, and means for end to the innerside of a horizontallyswinging door adjacent the upper edge thereof, apin projecting downwardly from the topof the door easing into the dooropening, saidpin projecting downwardly vthrough the slot in said arm, alever pivotally supported intermediate its ends to the intermediateportion of said arm, a bolt secured to the forward end of said lever andextending across theforward portion of said arm, uide means for the freeend portion of said bolt arranged on said arm, resilient meansconnectingthe forward end of the arm and lever respectively for holding the boltin engagement with said pin whereby.

the arm is secured against sliding movement to maintaln the door in anopen POSI- tion, and means associated with the inner end of the leverfor actuating the same :to

iclcase the bolt from engagement withisaid pin whereby the arm is freeto slide alongthe pin to permit the door to'be moved to a closedposition.

In testimony whereof I G lli my'signature.

MIKE F. RETTMAN.

